Wives' employment and spouses' marital happiness: Assessing the direction of influence using longitudinal couple data

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 506-528

  Schoen, Robert ^a   Rogers, Stacy J ^a   Amato, Paul R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital disruption; Marital quality; Marital stability; Wives' employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646722353     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X05283983     Document Type: Article

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